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Profile tracing how Jane Lu left corporate finance to build Showpo, an Australian fashion e-commerce brand, largely without venture capital, using social media, influencers and community to reach customers.
Lorna Jane's Never Give Up podcast episode features Showpo founder Jane Lu discussing her path from corporate life to entrepreneurship: emigrating from China, failure, resilience and building it into a worldwide brand.
Sponsored profile of Showpo founder Jane Lu, who credits building systems over hustle culture for growing her garage-started fashion label into a business earning more than $100 million in revenue.
Cashrewards, a shopping rebates platform once bought by ANZ's venture arm, is shutting down and returning member balances. It had earlier acquired Little Birdie, previously backed with $30 million by Commonwealth Bank.
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Podcast conversation with Showpo's founder and chief executive about building the online fashion label without outside capital and her role as a Shark Tank Australia judge.
International Women's Day interview with Showpo's founder on bootstrapping the fashion retailer, her Shark Tank role, planned investment strategy changes, and her women's networking and microfinance charity work.
In the show's last episode of the season, four founders strike investment deals: Fogarty backs Mimi Haircare, Horne and Lu back Ramla, Bell backs Audima Labs, and all five Sharks together back Swiff Spray.
Recap of a Shark Tank Australia episode: Muse For Hair accepts a $200,000 deal from Davie Fogarty with Rob Herjavec, CupKings takes Herjavec's $50,000 offer, while Loogeenie and Coast of Gold leave without investment.
Four founders pitched on Shark Tank Australia: 35mm Co. landed $300,000 from Herjavec and Lu, Burleigh Wagon $450,000 from Fogarty, Nevabuds $28,000 from Wallace, while Vanable left with no deal.
SmartCompany recaps a Shark Tank Australia episode in which 13-year-old Lucas Lane and his mother Breanna won $75,000 for their men's nail polish venture Glossy Boys from three of the show's investor-panellists.
Recap of Shark Tank Australia's return: insole brand STRYDA's deal ended with Jane Lu taking 10%, Davie Fogarty backed skincare line Boring Without You, and three other pitches went unfunded.
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Profile of Showpo founder Jane Lu, who joins the investor panel on Shark Tank's upcoming season, covering her leap from accounting, the fashion business she built, and her plans to back founders.
A weekly roundup reporting raises by Athena, Comestri, Mass Dynamics and CircleSource, plus Malcolm Turnbull investing through Turnbull & Partners in UK cloud forensics startup Cado Security.